CNN’s Kaitlan Collins appears to have taken up the role that Jim Acosta, who is no longer with the network, fulfilled during President Donald Trump’s first term: Being a rude, attention-seeking naysayer.
And Trump appeared in no mood to put up with it Thursday. In fact, he first shut her down and later suggested that she may not be all that bright.
During an Oval Office ceremony for the signing of an executive order regarding the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, Collins fired off a question before Trump opened the meeting up to questions from the reporters covering the event.
“Mr. President you won the White House, in part, because of high inflation. If your tariffs make prices go up –” Collins began, before Trump cut her off.
The president turned to her and said, “Excuse me. We haven’t asked you to speak yet, please.”